Medical College Police have busted an inter-state sex racket with the arrest of five persons including two women, after a raid carried out in an apartment in the city, on Tuesday night.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Kozhikode North Assistant Commissioner Prince Abraham and Medical College CI Prem Das carried out a raid at flat number 3G in Rani Apartments at Parayancheri near Arayidathupalam area in the city and busted the flesh trade racket.
The arrested have been identified as Dijo Joseph alias Thomas Jose, 28, of Dijo Bhavan, Nedumudi in Alappuzha district, T B Dennis, 35, of Mylampadi, Krishnagiri in Wayanad, Mohammed Aslam, 35, Nellikode, Reena Joseph, 32, of Sivariyamkunnu, Koorachundu and Swetha, 24, hailing from Madiwala, Bangalore. The racket was being run linking hotels and resorts in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts, police said. A car, Rs 22,000 and bottles of liquor were seized from their possession during the raid. According to the police, the owner of the flat is Dijo Joseph, who was working as a photographer. He and Reena were staying in the apartment for some months on the pretext of staying there with his family.
Dennis, a native of Thakkod in Wayanad, used to lure girls from Bangalore and other places to Kozhikode for flesh trade. Mohammed Aslam, a native of Nellikode in the district, used to gift this girls to the customers at various locations in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. Police said they would look into the involvement of more persons in the racket.
The arrested were charged for running brothel and immoral activities and were produced before the Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Wednesday, police said. Later, they were remanded in judicial custody.